Compiled and edited by Laura Drescher
The Box
First story reprinted in ???
First published in July 1998.
Writer: John Ney Rieber
Artist: Peter Gross
Special Thanks: Temujin
Colorist: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Separations: Jamison
Letterer: Comicraft
Cover artist: M.W. Kaluta
Constultant: Neil Gaiman
Assistant editor: Cliff Chiang
Editor: Stuart Moore
Disclaimer: The Books of Magic, The Books of Faerie, and all related characters and titles are copyrights and trademarks of DC Comics, Inc.
The Books of Magic, The Books of Faerie, and these annotations are intended for mature audiences only. Comments and additional information should go to Laura Drescher.
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- Page 8
- Panel 3: "The Bermuda Rectangle" is a reference to the Bermuda Triangle.
- Page 10
- Panel 2: The ruby and the quote are from The Books of Magic Miniseries, page 41-43. Both belong to John Sargent, who called himself Sargon the Sorcerer. The ruby is actually the Ruby of Life.
- Page 10
- Panel 3: The little dust-and-bones figure is one of those made by the Manticore (on page 58 of the trade paperback), who said the quote above.
- Page 10
- Panel 4: That's the Wobbly, but I don't know where the quote was said. Do you?
- Page 10
- Panel 5: The quote is from Barbatos.
- Page 11
- Panel 1: As explained above, these are (clockwise): Barbatos, the Manticore, Sargon the Sorcerer, and the Wobbly.
- Page 13
- Panel 5: I don't know how it's possible that those pants still fit.
- Page 15
- Panel 2: Anyone know what the movie references here are? Tell me.
Contributors include:
Greg Morrow is the editor of the Sandman Annotations, whose format and legal information I have used here.
Sascha Segan inspired me with his page, Suburban Mythos: The Books of Magic, and helped me begin these annotations.